"Space Center Houston is on a quest to
acquire the stunning Exploration of Space collection of historic space
flight artifacts. As its official visitor's center, Space Center Houston
tells the story of manned space flight and the role of NASA Johnson Space
Center - the home of astronaut training. Acquiring this collection
would be an excellent addition to its galleries and would help to add more
detail to its story of NASA. The current collection at the visitors'
center is made up primarily of spacecraft and suits from the American
space programs. Acquiring the many historic artifacts of the Exploration
of Space collection would fill in the gaps helping to tell the complete
story of manned space flight. Acquiring new artifacts from the "Space
Race" years of the 1960's - 70's has been difficult. This
collection would include artifacts from both the U.S. and the Russian side
of the story."

"The rare
artifacts of the Exploration of Space collection would be an excellent fit
into the space center's current timeline of spaceflight history. Visitors
to Space Center Houston, including the many school groups, will benefit
greatly from having access to these historical artifacts. Many of the
artifacts of the collection such as The Space "Magna Carta"
(Apollo-Soyuz) and the signed FAI Report of the First Man in Space (Yuri
Gagarin's historic mission) could be displayed immediately. Custom display
cases would be built to display the other artifacts within the center's
Starship Gallery."

"Space Center Houston, a non-profit education foundation wishes to find
a benefactor who would help us acquire the Exploration of Space
collection. Such a sponsor would receive the appropriate recognition and
acknowledgment in the visitor's center. This recognition would be seen by
Space Center Houston's annual attendance of 850,000 guests each
year."